Sept. 1, 2010: Meet Author Grace Lin

The Mini Page is a syndicated, four-page tabloid written for young children found each Wednesday in The Denver Post. This issue of The Mini Page is available through the eEdition Archive to registered eEdition subscribers. Click here to learn about subscribing to the eEdition at no cost to you (for Colorado teachers).

Activities:

1. Draw a book cover for a story about you and your friends. Paste newspaper words for your title.

2. Ask your friends to name their favorite books. What titles have many votes?

3. Find newspaper stories that would make good books about people. Find an athlete, a student and an entertainer.

4. Which of the award books are about (a) families, (b) girls, (d) nature, and (d) fantasies?

5. Many writers say that in order to be a writer, you have to also be a reader.
Write a paragraph about what writers mean by that statement.

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them. This week's standard:

• Students comprehend and respond to a variety of images and text. Students identify forms and elements of literature. (Language Arts:Reading)
  

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)